Chapter 26

Orion sat slumped in his chair, his head buried in his hands, staring at the file on the table in front of him. The file contained the contact he had with his father, and he knew what was coming. He could feel it in his gut. His father always asked him to do weird things, but this was completely out of the realm of possibility. Marriage? How could he even consider it?

"What a joke!" he exclaimed, pushing the file away from him in disgust. He kneaded his forehead as a headache started to form. He had come back from his father's office to find him making out with his so-called future mother-in-law. It was sickening. The thought that he had ever considered her a decent woman made him want to vomit.

He shuddered and patted his shoulder aggressively where Azalea had slept while he was at the hospital. The memory of her warm body next to his was a small comfort in the midst of the chaos.

As he sat there lost in thought, his phone vibrated, interrupting his brooding. Cooper, his